African Violet flowers can have different color patterns, these include two-tone, bi-color, multi-color, geneva, dark eye, white, eye, chimera, wide edge, colored edge, speckled edge, thumbprint and fantasy. They are defined in details as below:
Two-tone African Violet Flower Type:
- Flowers which exhibit two tones/shades of the same color. These include light and dark hues of the same color.
Bi-color African Violet Flower Type:
- Flowers which exhibit two unique colors.
Multicolor African Violet Flower Type:
- Flowers which exhibit more than two unique colors.
Geneva African Violet Flower Type:
- Flowers which exhibit a textured white edge around the petal borders.
Dark Eye African Violet Flower Type:
- Flowers which exhibit a strong dark color in the center with gentle fading as the colors seep away from the flower center/eye.
White Eye African Violet Flower Type:
- Flowers which exhibit a clear white color in the center/eye of the flower, surrounded by colored petals.
Chimera /Pinwheel African Violet Flower Type:
- Flowers which exhibit a continuous striped pinwheel like pattern with two contrasting colors. This pattern is caused by a spontaneous mutation and is genetically unstable. Chimeras can only be propagated by suckers, flower stems and not from leaves. However, recently, there are flowers which have pinwheel pattern, but are not chimera. These pinwheel pattern flowers can be propagated from leaves too. For more info on chimera flowers, can check out, African Violet Chimera Flowers.
Wide edge/band African Violet Flower Type:
- Flowers exhibit a distinctive wide band of color along the edge of the petals.
Colored edge African Violet Flower Type:
- Flowers exhibit a distinctive thin band of color along the edge of the petals.
Speckled edge African Violet Flower Type:
- Flowers exhibit a distinctive band of color splashed with speckles and dots along the edge of the petals.
Thumbprint African Violet Flower Type:
- Flowers exhibit one color in the center and a contrasting color in the middle and tips of the petals.
Fantasy African Violet Flower Type:
- Flowers exhibit patterns of rays, streaks, dots, splashes or puffs in contrasting colors or variable shades of the same color.
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Rays: Fantasy flowers exhibit long streaks or rays of color on each petal.
2. Puffs: Fantasy flowers exhibit small to medium splotches or puffs of color all over the petals.
3. Streaks + dots: Fantasy flowers exhibit streaks and dots of colors on each petal.
4. Feathering: Fantasy flowers exhibit a vein like pattern from the center to the edges of petal.
5. Watermark: Fantasy flowers exhibit a dark band of color near the center of the flower which separates two distinct colors.
